Texas returns home on Friday to host the Chicago White Sox. Nathan Eovaldi is eligible to be activated from the IL that day. If all goes well with his right elbow inflammation, he could be activated to start and give deGrom an extra day of rest.

The Washington Nationals are facing off against an old divisional foe in Jacob Degrom. Degrom was one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball with the Mets. After a few injury plagued years, Degrom is back to dominating,

At this point, the jokes kind of write themselves. Like this: The last time the Rangers played a game shorter than Friday was the final day of the 1984 season when California’s Mike Witt threw a perfect game in 1:49. Hey, at that point, the Rangers were just anxious to get things over with. Has this season reached that stage?